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program, including but not limited to: Determining which schools and 1 languages will be prioritized; conducting outreach to the community; 2 and addressing enrollment considerations and the hiring of staff. At 3 least half the members of the board must be parents of English 4 learner students or current or former English learner students. The 5 other members of the board must represent teachers, students, school 6 leaders, governing board members, youth, and community-based 7 organizations that support English learners. 8 (10)(a) $4,940,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 9 fiscal year 2022 and $4,940,000 of the general fund—state 10 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the 11 Washington state achievers scholarship and Washington higher 12 education readiness program. The funds shall be used to: Support 13 community involvement officers that recruit, train, and match 14 community volunteer mentors with students selected as achievers 15 scholars; and to identify and reduce barriers to college for low- 16 income and underserved middle and high school students. The office 17 may require the recipient of these funds to report the impacts of the 18 recipient's efforts in alignment with the measures of the Washington 19 school improvement framework. 20 (b) $1,454,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 21 year 2022 and $1,454,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 22 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for contracting with a college 23 scholarship organization with expertise in conducting outreach to 24 students concerning eligibility for the Washington college bound 25 scholarship consistent with chapter 405, Laws of 2007. The office may 26 require the recipient of these funds to report the impacts of the 27 recipient's efforts in alignment with the measures of the Washington 28 school improvement framework. 29 (c) $362,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 30 year 2022 and $362,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 31 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for implementation of chapter 32 180, Laws of 2017 (Washington Aim program). 33 (11)(a) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 34 fiscal year 2022 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 35 for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the Washington state 36 leadership and assistance for science education reform (LASER) 37 regional partnership activities, including instructional material 38 purchases, teacher and principal professional development, and school 39 p. 1288 ESSB 5187.SL